MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	197% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 23:42
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 598 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 114 Parallax 268 110% 172 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 139 Splatting 157 114% 137 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$73 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 477 494 524 521 522 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,370 Write 1,158 Mixed 1,099 SusWrite 530 233% 1,040 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 77.1 253% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 805 DQ Write 562 DQ Mixed 564 453% 644 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 311%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$116 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 77GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 332 333 333 334 334 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 475 Mixed 367 SusWrite 323 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 44.6 157% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 349 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 295 293 293 294 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 392 SusWrite 290 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 55.7 187% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 195GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 93 92 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 93.9 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 91.7 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 4x8GB 1,895 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 27.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 91%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 807 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	230x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	205x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	143x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	58x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	42x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	35x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16